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Vipulbhai Karmanbhai ChaudharyAIR 115

Question 4GS3GS3

Examine the major challenges hindering the Indian textile industry from achieving its full potential in the global value chain.

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Indian textile industry is about one of $145 billion industry (FY24-25), largest job creator labor intensive and self-reliant industry but already almost ₹114 potential of industry has not been achieved. Challenges hindering Indian textile industry (1) Raw material deficiency: low and volatile productivity of cotton/silk/jute and below global avg productivity. (2) Obsolete technology: old industrial establishment and lack of adaptive & high technology Bx sorl looms - powerlooms/auxiliary

3Labour shortage and poor scaling made them half of productivity compared to OSHA (4) Stiff competition from China, Bangladesh and SK Asia (5) Unfavourable global environment - Bangladesh as LDC enjoy tariff free entry western market & Textile and non-trade barrier on Indian textile (6) Poor branding: hosting cutting of India - India - textile (7) Lack of diversification: Demand is demanding non-fibre and technical textile made Measures to be taken | Steps taken (1) Focus on technical textile and manmade Fibre (2) Global value chain integration - Loggia-DK-FTA (3) Branding Eastern cotton

Focus on scale, scalability, stall and sustainability of textile make 2jt (created as Indian ceating it textile) Question 5

181 words1 paragraphs

Topper

Vipulbhai Karmanbhai Chaudhary

AIR 115

Subject & Paper

GS3GS3

Topic

Agriculture and Food Security

Food processing

Textile Industry challenges, Manufacturing sector

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181

Total words

1

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analytical and structured

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